The next move
Two months of ceasefire left to build a peace process and the clock is ticking
KUNDA DIXIT
October 7-13, 2005
Headline
Editorial
Don’t
We're not mind readers. And you have to be these days to predict with any degree of certainty what the next royal move may be. October Fourth,…
Columns
Nepalipan by MANJUSHREE THAPA
Being Nepali (in LA)
The diaspora settles down and begins to take care of its own
Southasia Beat by KANAK MANI DIXIT
Urdu, Hindi, Hindostani
There is no need to invent a new word for an old language
Under My Hat by KUNDA DIXIT
Mountain goats to get transit visas
As Dasain approaches, alert readers will have noticed that there is less and less space in the papers these days for important news about what…
Nation
"We want to go home"
A television crew rescues students abducted by Maoists in western Nepal
KASRA NAJI in SURKHET
Rebels now abduct students, not soldiers
Life has not changed one bit for the people of the Arun Valley a month after the Maoists declared their ceasefire on 3 September. The locals are…
DAMBAR SHRESTHA in SANKHUWASABHA
Nepalis just want peace
One month into the Maoist's unilateral ceasefire and two months to go, the people along the trails leading north from Okhaldhunga towards Solu…
KISHORE NEPAL in OKHALDHUNGA
The first Dasain at home in Nepal after years
The Maoist ceasefire will not bring back Saleha Fakir's husband but she believes it is one way to prevent more Nepali women from becoming…
NARESH NEWAR in LUMBINI
Review
A new look at Nepal’s history
'Sudden and violent political change has.been a recurrent part of the country's history'
MARK TURIN
Sports
Is climate change changing climbing?
Mountaineering patterns in the Himalaya seem to be affected by global warming
ALOK TUMBAHANGPHEY
Nepali Society
The Castrator
At first glance, Drona Kumari Pandey is like any ordinary Nepali woman from the hills with a migrant worker husband working in the Middle East…
From The Nepali Press
Business Briefs
Happy ending
The government has lifted the five percent tax it imposed on books imported from abroad in its last budget. The revenue ordinance issued on…
Tourism up
Tourist arrivals soared 47 percent in September compared to the same month last year, reports the Ministry of Culture, Civil Aviation and…
Melamchi
The meeting of the Joint Review mission of the Melamchi Water Supply Project (MWSP) started in Kathmandu this week to assess the project's…
NRN meet
The Non-Resident Nepalese (NRN) Association will hold its second global conference in Kathmandu from 7 to 9 October at Hyatt Regency Hotel. Dr…
Letters
Street walks
I am appalled of the writers that contradict themselves. While the visit to Mangal Bajar cited as a 'PR event' is endrosed by D Mahat from…
Sanctuary
Nepali tour operators should learn not to discriminate against Asian tourists and western tourists ('Peace sanctuary', #267). With more than two…
Zoology
Another great Under My Hat ('Nepal's zoological society', #267). The line about Mountain Guerrillas '...where their numbers are in decline…
In this issue:
The next move | Don't | Editorial: The art of giving | A Peruvian parallel | Aid appeal | Economic eclipse | “Keep the constitution” | King’s priority | Leo E Rose | Letter to His Excellency Bloomfield | Too hot for kids | “We want to go home” | Nepalis just want peace | The first Dasain at home in Nepal after years | Rebels now abduct students, not soldiers | A new look at Nepal’s history | Atlas of Nepal’s development | Being Nepali (in LA) | Urdu, Hindi, Hindostani | Make windy play a breeze | Is climate change changing climbing? | The Castrator | Mountain goats to get transit visas